After I posted for sale a friend mine purchased it,than I marked it sold so the other forum members would know it's not available......so I don't understand what you want me to do..

5. When a deal has been made, the original poster must edit his first post and put &quot;SOLD&quot; or SPF (sold pending funds) at the beginning of the title of that post. If it was a WTT or WTB, also edit the title appropriately to indicate the changed status of the thread.

1. All merchandise posted for sale must have a listed price. List only items you have for sale. On occasion, we allow a silent auction, but they must be pre-approved and follow a specific format. [highlight]If you are listing your item locally or elsewhere, state that in your thread so that readers may take that into consideration.[/highlight] List only items that you actually have for sale. Do not post here about

2. [highlight] In a given For Sale thread, the first posted, &quot;I'll take it&quot; (or words to that effect) has priority.[/highlight] This assumes that the buyer is willing to pay the asking price. Others may post, &quot;2nd, 3rd dibs&quot;, etc. This establishes a pecking order should a sale fall through or there be multiple items.

3. If you are seeking additional information, making an offer, etc, post &quot;PM or Email sent&quot;. However, this does not secure a place in line nor guarantee that you have bought anything. For that, you must post, &quot;I'll take it&quot;, in the thread. [highlight] At any time, an &quot;I'll take it&quot; posted in the thread trumps any non-specific post such as &quot;PM Sent&quot;. This keeps things open, above board and fair to all who participate.[/highlight] We do not want to see people being sniped below the radar either before of after they have agreed in good faith to buy something.

If you are listing your item locally or elsewhere, state that in your thread so that readers may take that into consideration.

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FWIW, I'll take a shot at explaining the logic behind this all-too-often violated rule.

1. It's a courtesy to our members in the interest of providing all pertinent information for their consideration.
2. It may work in the seller's favor by pushing a possible ktog buyer off the fence when they know the item is subject to being snapped up elsewhere.
3. We operate a transparent Trading Post. Since would-be buyers here are required to post in the thread when negotiating, it offers an explanation for something that suddenly gets sold with no posts in the thread. Otherwise, people might wonder if it was scalped under the radar via PM or email by someone who ignored the rules.

I understand that someone might list something only on KTOG, and then have a friend or relative learn about and buy it. Apparently, this happens fairly often. I would simply suggest that any seller here who thinks that a local sale could materialize, just go ahead and mention in their post that they are open to local, non-ktog sales if the opportunity presents itself.

If you are listing your item locally or elsewhere, state that in your thread so that readers may take that into consideration.

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FWIW, I'll take a shot at explaining the logic behind this all-too-often violated rule.

1. It's a courtesy to our members in the interest of providing all pertinent information for their consideration.
2. It may work in the seller's favor by pushing a possible ktog buyer off the fence when they know the item is subject to being snapped up elsewhere.
3. We operate a transparent Trading Post. Since would-be buyers here are required to post in the thread when negotiating, it offers an explanation for something that suddenly gets sold with no posts in the thread. Otherwise, people might wonder if it was scalped under the radar via PM or email by someone who ignored the rules.

I understand that someone might list something only on KTOG, and then have a friend or relative learn about and buy it. Apparently, this happens fairly often. I would simply suggest that any seller here who thinks that a local sale could materialize, just go ahead and mention in their post that they are open to local, non-ktog sales if the opportunity presents itself.

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I apologize I didn't mean anything by it,if I do post here again I will mention that in my post.